Convicted shoplifters are no longer welcome at Walmart, even if they wear signs proclaiming: “I am a thief, I stole from Walmart.” Walmart was initially gung-ho about the decision to publicly shame the thieves, and even planned to keep the signs for future use. Their dreams of shoplifter shame now lie slightly worn at the return desk after a Walmart attorney told Judge Kenneth Robertson that the shoplifters were persona non grata at Walmart.

Robertson said the attorney said WalMart was afraid “that people might try to run [the shoplifters] down or throw something at them.”

Walmart does not want blood on their hands parking lots. Judge Robertson has ordered the shoplifters to finish their sentence outside his courthouse, where they apparently can’t be run down or have things thrown at them. — CAREY GREENBERG-BERGER

Considering how Red State a phenomenon Wal-Mart is, I find it ironic that Wal-Mart is concerned that their customers will try crushing the penitent under the wheels of their cars, mangling, crippling and (hopefully) killing them.

I would have thought these guys would have died from embarrassment first.

So Wal-Mart is worried about these guys being run over or killed? What about all of the other customers/employees/demonic beings (whoopsâ€¦ I mean managers) walking through the parking lot everyday? Do they not count?

…..The above mentality is a large demographic in my home state of Alabama, that cannot be ignored by any serious political candidate. Sad to say. There are great things here, but tolerance isn’t among them. Although we will generally be polite to your face…

Now to get some t-shirts and sandwich boards printed for the Walton family that say “I am a thief I stole from the Wal-Mart employees by providing crappy wages and terrible, little, or no insurance options.”